School Watch report: No easy solution to school violence
When the Ventura County Star’s School Watch team polled readers about their top education concerns, school safety was near the top of their list. In response, The Star analyzed two years of violence and weapons data reported by Ventura County’s 22 comprehensive public high schools and compiled by the California Department of Education.
Giant investment firm plans to convert scores of county homes to rentals
One of the world's largest private-equity firms is making a $34 million bet on residential real estate in Ventura County, buying up homes at a pace of nearly one a day for the past three months.